Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

I’ve been listening to this podcast for the last couple of years / have listened to each episode at least two or three times - and found this extremely illuminating and helpful for my contemplative practice. It’s rare to find a true expert who has actually experienced these profound states and who can therefore provide genuine practical guidance on such matters. While James Finley humbly quotes Thomas Merton as saying ‘we are all just beginners’”, Dr Finley is about as good as it gets in this life. Such a service to us all - thank you Dr Finley and Ms Oates for making these profound teachings so accessible to the rest of us. I am deeply and will be forever grateful.

The wave cry, the wind cry…. Of the petrel and the porpoise.. (Petrol is oil) I am deeply grateful to both of you for this amazing podcast, I have followed since day one! You are such a blessing.

My heart is grateful for the fullness of this podcast message in “Four Quartets”…consciousness needing time to reflect eternity and the depth of letting go to the perfection of timeless unknowing and living as that which looks for the formless eternal in all the tattered patterns of this grace-filled attachments that are transcended through itself.🙏

This podcast has truly changed my life, and continues to.